Friday 18 June 2010
Tuesday 8 June 2010
Page 23; CAN PRINCE CHARLES EVER GIVE-UP OIL?
Prince Charles, for all his Utopian grand standing and 'save the planet speeches' with more than a whiff of socialism. he is no different to any other capitalist who believe in a monetary solution to every human problem.
Money, tax payers' money, our money has been the golden key that opened every door of opportunity for the Prince since the day he was born and will probably continue to do so till the day he dies, so it's little wonder he sees solutions to problems in monetary terms.
If the world market was a water based economy,where water was the main source of energy, the monetary solution would have more credibility, but it's not a water based economy, it's and oil based economy and that's what makes Prince Charles' monetary solutions flawed.
The practice of Prince Charles persuading rich countries to fund rain forest nations to get out of the timber business would be a good one if the value of the funding wasn't supported by the oil industry.
If Prince Charles is serious about getting involved in the business of saving the planet then he should start by not pursuing his populist agenda of playing Santa Clause with the world's currency because it's a currency that can only be sustained by drilling more oil wells.
The Prince's populist agenda will almost definitely bring short term benefits, but it will be at the cost of adding to the unrelenting demand for oil, which is causing long term damage.
So long as the world is an oil based economy,it is not possible to spend our way out of global warming, and the Prince must be aware of this, but chooses to ignore it for reasons known only to himself,but it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest it could be to do with him having found a job with an international image.
Replacing oil with a renewable source of energy to support the world in the style to which it has become accustomed is looking more and more like a pipe-dream, and maybe this could be a clue to the job Prince Charles should be doing. And because the world must cease it's dependence oN oil, sooner rather than later, it is essential that someone, the world will take note of, begins the process of proving it is possible to develop an economy not base on oil, and that's where Prince Charles could come in.
It would mean Prince Charles giving up everything that is produced or sustained by oil and creating a currency based on local and renewable produce.No more jetting round the world or traveling in a convoy of cars to visit friends, and I've even got a slogan for his new movement determined to lose the dependency on oil; 'IT WE WANT TO LOSE IT, DON'T USE IT'.
Money, tax payers' money, our money has been the golden key that opened every door of opportunity for the Prince since the day he was born and will probably continue to do so till the day he dies, so it's little wonder he sees solutions to problems in monetary terms.
If the world market was a water based economy,where water was the main source of energy, the monetary solution would have more credibility, but it's not a water based economy, it's and oil based economy and that's what makes Prince Charles' monetary solutions flawed.
The practice of Prince Charles persuading rich countries to fund rain forest nations to get out of the timber business would be a good one if the value of the funding wasn't supported by the oil industry.
If Prince Charles is serious about getting involved in the business of saving the planet then he should start by not pursuing his populist agenda of playing Santa Clause with the world's currency because it's a currency that can only be sustained by drilling more oil wells.
The Prince's populist agenda will almost definitely bring short term benefits, but it will be at the cost of adding to the unrelenting demand for oil, which is causing long term damage.
So long as the world is an oil based economy,it is not possible to spend our way out of global warming, and the Prince must be aware of this, but chooses to ignore it for reasons known only to himself,but it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest it could be to do with him having found a job with an international image.
Replacing oil with a renewable source of energy to support the world in the style to which it has become accustomed is looking more and more like a pipe-dream, and maybe this could be a clue to the job Prince Charles should be doing. And because the world must cease it's dependence oN oil, sooner rather than later, it is essential that someone, the world will take note of, begins the process of proving it is possible to develop an economy not base on oil, and that's where Prince Charles could come in.
It would mean Prince Charles giving up everything that is produced or sustained by oil and creating a currency based on local and renewable produce.No more jetting round the world or traveling in a convoy of cars to visit friends, and I've even got a slogan for his new movement determined to lose the dependency on oil; 'IT WE WANT TO LOSE IT, DON'T USE IT'.
Friday 10 July 2009
PAGE 6, THE RICHARD DIMBLEBY LECTURE 2009
Prince Charles gave the 33rd Richard Dimbleby Lecture, entitled 'FACING THE FUTURE', at St James's Palace on the 9th July 2009'.
All the planets of opportunity were in alignment to make the 33TH Richard Dimbleby Lecture the most significant in it's history, and almost certainly would have been had the Prince mustered-up his TRAFALGAR SQUARE SPIRIT and delivered a carefully composed CARBUNCLE statement against the consumer society.
The Princes' invited audience were completely tuned-in to the subject matter, and it was probably more than coincidence the date of the Lecture was in close proximity with the date of the G20 World summit,which the Prince must have been aware of,but, unfortunately, there was nothing in his lecture to indicate such an awareness.
The trouble was the Prince structured his lecture around old information,which the invited audience, and many of the viewers, had heard many times before. Reminding us of receding glaciers, rising sea levels, deforestation, mass migration,the destruction of the eco system, and apocalyptic visions of the future offends no one,which was the weakness of his lecture,no one was offended.
The Prince only succeeded in preventing an architectural monstrosity invading the majestic buildings of Trafalgar Square by offending the the establishment with his now famous CARBUNCLE attack, which he lamentedly failed to do in his Dimbleby lecture.
It's an unfortunate fact of life that progress can only made in national and international issues by offending part, or all of aociety,
The point is, listening to Prince Charles spelling out his philosophy on how to save the climate by setting an example of working with nature and not against nature is food for thought, but in a world that never learns from it's mistakes and is still hellbent on economic growth,it may be too little too late, and unless the Prince adds more mustard to his campaign,which is full of good sound advice. he just might be fiddling while Rome burns.
All the planets of opportunity were in alignment to make the 33TH Richard Dimbleby Lecture the most significant in it's history, and almost certainly would have been had the Prince mustered-up his TRAFALGAR SQUARE SPIRIT and delivered a carefully composed CARBUNCLE statement against the consumer society.
The Princes' invited audience were completely tuned-in to the subject matter, and it was probably more than coincidence the date of the Lecture was in close proximity with the date of the G20 World summit,which the Prince must have been aware of,but, unfortunately, there was nothing in his lecture to indicate such an awareness.
The trouble was the Prince structured his lecture around old information,which the invited audience, and many of the viewers, had heard many times before. Reminding us of receding glaciers, rising sea levels, deforestation, mass migration,the destruction of the eco system, and apocalyptic visions of the future offends no one,which was the weakness of his lecture,no one was offended.
The Prince only succeeded in preventing an architectural monstrosity invading the majestic buildings of Trafalgar Square by offending the the establishment with his now famous CARBUNCLE attack, which he lamentedly failed to do in his Dimbleby lecture.
It's an unfortunate fact of life that progress can only made in national and international issues by offending part, or all of aociety,
The point is, listening to Prince Charles spelling out his philosophy on how to save the climate by setting an example of working with nature and not against nature is food for thought, but in a world that never learns from it's mistakes and is still hellbent on economic growth,it may be too little too late, and unless the Prince adds more mustard to his campaign,which is full of good sound advice. he just might be fiddling while Rome burns.
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